Firefighters in 3 States to Honor Fallen Marine Christopher Slutman

A police-escorted funeral procession carrying the remains of Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman is scheduled to leave Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Monday morning. It will travel up Interstate 95 and across the Delaware Memorial Bridge. From there, it will head along the New Jersey Turnpike and across the George Washington Bridge to New York City.

Slutman is survived by a wife and three daughters. The Sept. 11 charity Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation is helping the family by paying off the mortgage on their Yonkers home.

Captain Steven Moore at Ladder 27 said Slutman was the type of person who wanted to go above and beyond.

"He was brave, conscientious, dependable and always rose to the occasion," Moore said.

Slutman earned a Fire Chiefs Association Memorial Medal in 2014 for crawling through flames to rescue an unconscious woman inside an apartment fire in the South Bronx.

"The decorated 15-year-veteran of the department is truly one of New York City's Bravest - running into danger to protect and defend others, both in New York City and in combat overseas," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro called Slutman a hero who "bravely wore two uniforms and committed his life to public service both as a New York City firefighter and as a member of the United States Marine Corps."

Slutman is the fourth FDNY member to die while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan since U.S. military action started in 2003.